Howard Hughes Medical Institute Medical Research Fellows Program

Howard Hughes Medical Institute Medical Research Fellows Program Application deadline: January 12, 2015 The Medical Research Fellows Program gives students the opportunity to immerse themselves in a year of basic, translational, or applied biomedical research. Medical Fellows experience the excitement and intellectual rewards of research before making plans for residency or postgraduate training. The students select their own mentor at any academic or nonprofit research institution in the United States (excluding the National Institutes of Health or any other federal agency) or abroad, provided the proposed mentor is affiliated with a U.S. fellowship institution, and work with the mentor to develop a research proposal. Mentor selection and the research project proposal are key components of the application. Working with an HHMI investigator, early career scientist, or HHMI professor is encouraged but not required. Eligibility Medical, dental, or veterinary students at schools located in the United States. Program Benefits HHMI Medical Fellows will: focus on research without the distraction of full-time coursework; become part of a community of Medical Fellows through regional meetings and other events; gain insight into a wide range of research areas and receive career advice from program alumni and other prominent physician-scientists; interact with HHMI investigators at an HHMI science meeting and learn about their latest findings; ...

Source: ScanGrants feed - December 9, 2014 Category: Research Authors: Howard Hughes Medical Institute Source Type: funding